[mythtv-users] Analog channel # change

[John Drescher]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Michael T. Dean<mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> On 08/03/2009 08:57 AM, John Drescher wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Comcast in my area has moved channels around last night making a 3 of
>>>> my scheduled programs to be on the wrong frequency. They sent a card
>>>> with the changes so I know what to change however SD does not have the
>>>> changes yet. Can I edit the channels in myth web and expect things to
>>>> just work?
>>
>> Thanks. I deleted the old channel 50 then moved 59 to 50 in the
>> channelnum and freqid and all appears to be working. I did not restart
>> mythbackend though. Mythfrontend did have the correct guide and the
>> scheduled recordings show the new channel.
>
> You can simply edit the channum and freqid of the existing channel in
> MythWeb or mythtv-setup channel editor (for any analog recorders or
> firewire).  No need to delete and re-create the channel.
>

Oh, sorry. I was not clear. There already was a channel at 50 that
went digital and encrypted so I had to get rid of that one since I can
not record these yet..

John